Emotion Recognition Questionnaire
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Abstract
The Emotion Recognition Questionnaire is adapted from vignettes
created for emotion recognition research and therapy by Ribordy
et al. (1988). The questionnaire used by the Fast Track Project
consists of 16 items, with four vignettes for each of four emotions-happiness,
sadness, anger, and fear. The questionnaire was completed for all
three cohorts during the first three years of the study. The administration
procedure for this measure was also adapted by having a nonverbal
response mode. The interviewer first ascertained that the child
could identify the emotion depicted in each of four drawings-happy,
sad, anger, and afraid. Then, the interviewer would read each vignette
to the child and the child would choose the emotion responses for
the child in the story (gender specific) by selecting a drawing
of one of the four facial expressions.
There are four subscales: Happy, Sad, Angry, and Afraid. Subscale
scores are simply the sum of correct responses, which can range
from 0 to 4. Correct responses are when a child identifies the intended
emotion for the vignette. There is also a total scale score, the
sum of all correct items, with a possible range of 0 to 16. "Don't
know" or no responses are scored as incorrect responses; thus,
the only missing data on the measure is for uncompleted questionnaires.
Analysts should note that three of the subscales showed a fairly
normal distribution for both the normative and high-risk samples.
These subscales were Number Angry Correct, Number Sad Correct, and
Total Number Correct. Both the normative and the high-risk samples
were negatively skewed for Number Happy Correct and for Number Afraid
Correct.
The subscale Happy showed a ceiling effect for the normative sample,
with 67% of the children scoring a 4 on this scale, which is the
highest possible score.
Keywords: Emotional Response, Affect, Fear, Sadness, Anger, Happiness
Administration History
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15 July 2003
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